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FIFA's commercial pitch erases women's game in Kushner deal plan

FIFA's commercial pitch erases women's game in Kushner deal plan

FIFA's internal sales document, produced by JP Morgan, proposes selling 20% of a new commercial entity to Joshua Kushner with growth tied to more tournaments…

Women's football does not appear once in the 25-page document FIFA is using to sell its commercial future to investors, according to The Guardian. The pitch, produced by JP Morgan, promises financial growth through more tournaments, higher ticket prices, and debt — but omits the Women's World Cup entirely from its commercial argument. 🔹 What happened: The internal document, titled "Fifa Forward Enterprise Member Materials" and seen by The Guardian, proposes creating a new commercial entity for FIFA's operations. Joshua Kushner, a US investor and brother of Jared Kushner, would acquire 20% of that company. The document explicitly references doubling global tournaments as a revenue lever, alongside increased ticket prices and debt financing as tools for expansion. No section addresses women's competitions or their commercial potential. 🔹 Why it matters: For players, fans, and federations invested in the growth of women's football, the document's silence is a signal about institutional priorities. If FIFA's official commercial pitch to its own members does not include the women's game as a value asset, the structural question is whether resources generated by this new entity will flow toward it. The debt-based expansion model also concentrates financial risk at the institutional level while directing projected gains toward the most commercially established tournaments. 📌 EPM Take: There is a specific irony embedded in this document that goes unreported: FIFA has publicly championed women's football as a strategic pillar, yet the sales pitch prepared by one of the world's leading investment banks on FIFA's behalf does not mention it. That gap is not editorial — it is financial. JP Morgan includes what generates return. The absence of the women's game from a document designed to attract private capital tells investors — and member federations — exactly where the projected value lies. The question no one is asking publicly: if a 20% private stakeholder prioritizes return on the tournaments already in the deck, what leverage does anyone have to ensure the women's game gets more than words? ✍️ EPM Editorial Desk | erickprometeomedia.com
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